WILLIS, EDWARD

Architect working for William Sidney Clements, third Earl of Leitrim at Lough Rynn, Co. Leitrim, circa 1859-1861. Drawings by Willis for the garden and farmyard at Lough Rynn and for a dispensary at Garvagh are in the collection of Marcus Clements, Killadoon, Co. Kildare, while a design by him for window fittings in the new stables, signed and dated 1861, is among the J. & R. Stewart papers in the National Library of Ireland.(1)   Willis married Margaret Grey, the earl's recently discharged housekeeper, on 11 July 1861 in Cloon church.(2)

References

(1) A.P.W. Malcomson, The Clements Archive (Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2010), 653.
(2) Malcomson, op. cit., 227.

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Building:	CO. LEITRIM, LOUGH RYNN
Date:	1859
Nature:	Makes plan of new garden.
Refs:	Two drawings, one signed 'E. Willis' and dated 1 Oct 1859, in the collection of Marcus Clements, Kildoon, Co. Kildare

Building:	CO. LEITRIM, GARVAGH, DISPENSARY
Date:	1860
Nature:	Builder: John Mullins, Longford.
Refs:	Contract drawings, one signed 'Edward[?] Willis' and both dated 2 May 1860 in collection of Marcus Clements, Kildoon, Co. Kildare

Building:	CO. LEITRIM, LOUGH RYNN
Date:	1861
Nature:	Makes plan of farmyard..
Refs:	Two drawings, one signed 'E. Willis' and both dated 8 Sep 1861, in the collection of Marcus Clements, Kildoon, Co. Kildare